Fly Day Friday
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Wasp mimic fly, possibly Spilomyia alcimus, on boneset flowers
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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The Asilidae or Robber fly, also called assassin flies, are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. They are notoriously aggressive predators who feed mainly or exclusively on other insects ranging from other flies to beetles, butterflies. moths, various bees, ants, dragon and damselflies, ichneumon wasps, grasshoppers, and some spiders. As a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
I am indebted to leif_85 for identifying this insect for me.
Colorful algae thrive in a man made geyser in northern Nevada. Climate change is also threatening this natural wonder. Then this landscape photography will no longer be a celebration of natural beauty but part of a documentary of destruction.
It was a really cold and wet spring day when I found this Bee fly, so I think due to the cold it was very sluggish and allowed me to carry it over to a nearby flower. This gave a more colorful compo : )
New surveillance drones being developed and tested here in Maryland. Finally was able to catch one in action ;)
... Bet you that you wish it was summer again and I was buzzing and annoying you again and all dark and cold, and snowy here in winter ;)
Not as focused on all the drops as I would have liked but this is the first time ive seen a fly with this many drops, like jewels!
No, the Saxons are modern:). Dresden also has an airport. The balloon flight was apparently a leisure pleasure.
Dresden, Saxony. Germany
Decreased the aperture some so that I could more of the eyes in focus on this cloudy rainy day ... so the ISO went up and the shutter speed came down some.
Hand held macro.
Interesting just what this large fly with the bee body colors really is.
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
― Leonardo da Vinci
Canon EF 24 - 105mm at 55mm
1/500 s
f4
ISO 100
Piraeus, Greece.
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Mouche appartenant à la famille Rhinophoridae et de genre Stevenia, mais sans certitude.
Fly belonging to the family Rhinophoridae and of genus Stevenia, but without certainty.
Another image from a rare foray out these past few weeks. This was taken in Bolehill Wood below Millstone Edge in Derbyshire - part of the National Trust's Longshaw Estate. The combination of time of year and plenty of recent rain had contributed to a relative abundance of Fly Agarics at different stages in their development. Unfortunately this one had lost most of its white 'spots' in the recemt downpours.